The motorcycle diaries : notes on a Latin American journey /
Notes on a Latin American journey
Ernesto "Che" Guevara ; preface by Aleida Guevara ; introduction by Cintio Vitier ; [edited and translated by Alexandra Keeble].
- 175 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
- Books by Che Guevara .
- Books by Che Guevara. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface / by Adelaida Guevara -- Preface to the first edition / Adelaida March -- Biography of Ernesto Che Guevara -- Brief chronology of Ernesto Che Guevara -- Map and itinerary of The Motorcycle Diaries -- Introduction / Cintio Vitier -- The Motorcycle diaries: So we understand each other. Forewarnings. Discovery of the ocean. Lovesick pause. Until the last tie is broken. For the flu, bed. San Martín de los Andes. Circular exploration. Dear Mama. On the Seven Lakes Road. And now, I feel my great roots unearth, free and-- Objects of curiosity. The experts. The difficulties intensify. La Poderosa II's final tour. Firefighters, workers and other matters. La Gioconda's smile. Stowaways. This time, disaster. Chuquicamata. Arid land for miles and miles. The end of Chile. Chile, a vision from afar. Tarata, the new world. In the dominions of Pachamama. Lake of the sun. Toward the navel of the world. The navel. The land of the Incas. Our Lord of the Earthquakes. Homeland for the victor. Cuzco straight. Huambo. Ever northward. Through the center of Peru. Shattered hopes. The city of the viceroys. Down the Ucayali. Dear Papi. The San Pablo leper colony. Saint Guevara's day. Debut for the little Kontiki. Dear Mama. On the road to Caracas. This strange 20th century. A note in the margin. Appendix. A child of my environment (Speech to medical students, 1960).
A chronicle of the author's seven-month motorcycle journey throughout South America reveals the beginning of his transformation into a dedicated revolutionary.